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Somalia, 
United StatesA Somali man accused of plotting to bomb a shopping centre in the US state of Ohio pleads guilty ahead of his trial.
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United StatesA US army report heavily criticises an ex-general over the handling of the death of a sport star-turned-soldier.
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United StatesMore than a third of children and teenagers in Latin America lack access to safe drinking water in their homes, a UN report says.
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JapanJapan's embattled agriculture minister becomes a casualty of the ruling party's crushing defeat in Sunday's polls.
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SudanThe UN Security Council approves plans to send 26,000 troops and police to Sudan's Darfur region.
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Iraq, United StatesUS Vice-President Dick Cheney says the recent increase of US troops in Iraq has improved security there.
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ArubaThe Australian town of Alice Springs becomes a dry zone, with drinking banned in all public places.
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AfghanistanThe bodies of four Afghan judges, who were kidnapped nearly a fortnight ago, are found in Ghazni province.
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MontserratOrin Gordon discovers how Montserrat people are still rebuilding their lives 10 years after the great volcano eruption.
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United StatesRupert Murdoch's News Corporation wins its campaign to take over the publisher of the Wall Street Journal.
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IndiaNearly 40% of Nepali women forced into prostitution in India are HIV positive, says a new study.
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Afghanistan, 
North Korea, United StatesRelatives of the South Korean hostages in Afghanistan make an emotional appeal to the US for help.
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KenyaKenyan Health Minister Charity Ngilu clashes with police for arresting a women's rights activist.
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SudanSudan says it will co-operate with new UN and African peace force for Darfur after the UN approves the plan.
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Belarus, 
RussiaRussian gas giant Gazprom says it will cut supplies to Belarus by 45% because of a $500m unpaid bill.
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CubaCuba's Fidel Castro says he will fight for his health after the first anniversary of his handover of power.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba misses an extended deadline for him to return home.
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ChinaSixty-nine miners who were trapped for three days in a China colliery have been rescued, state media reports.
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SpainSpain's prime minister visits the Canary Islands, where thousands have fled forest fires.
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Afghanistan, North KoreaFighting erupts in the area where South Korean hostages are held, suggesting a mission has begun to free them.
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Iraq, 
Israel, 
Saudi Arabia, United StatesSaudi Arabia says it would be keen to attend an Arab-Israeli peace conference proposed by the United States.
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NigeriaNigeria's security forces demolish the headquarters of a Shia sect, following religious clashes.
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IraqAt least 67 people are killed and some 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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RussiaRussia's human rights body is to study claims that an opposition activist was abused in a psychiatric clinic.
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Iraq, Israel, United StatesUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Israel to hold talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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United KingdomBritish Airways is fined about £270m after admitting colluding to fix the prices of fuel surcharges.
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IndiaAt least 28 evacuees die as a boat capsizes in India amid continuing heavy flooding across South Asia.
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IranIran hangs at least nine men convicted for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, state media reports.
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IndiaA court in southern India convicts 153 people for deadly bomb blasts in the town of Coimbatore in 1998.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoUnited Nations monitors evacuate a south-eastern DR Congo town after two staff are injured in ethnic rioting.
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AustraliaAn Aboriginal man taken from his family as a baby wins compensation in a landmark court case in Australia.
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United StatesUS doctors have used deep brain stimulation to rouse a patient in a minimally conscious state.
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SwedenSwedish capital Stockholm starts congestion charging in an effort to reduce traffic, noise and air pollution.
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RussiaRussian submarines prepare to dive below the North Pole on a "risky" mission to further Moscow's Arctic claims.
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BrazilPilots' final exchanges before Brazil's worst aviation disaster are revealed to a congressional hearing.
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ZimbabweThe UN World Food programme makes an urgent appeal to international donors to expand aid to Zimbabwe.
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ItalyItaly's Alessandro Pissilli tests positive for a banned substance shortly after Gary Player claims some players are taking drugs.
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France, 
RwandaTwo Rwandan men held in France over their alleged role in the 1994 genocide are released by an appeals court.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he would order a strike on al-Qaeda in Pakistan without Pakistan's consent.
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RussiaA Russian man facing trial in Moscow later this month is believed to have murdered 62 people, police say.
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United StatesBoth Ford and GM suffer sharp falls in US car sales in July as the housing slump makes consumers more cautious.
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United StatesIt is time to "seize opportunities" for Middle East peace, says US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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Serbia and MontenegroSerbia's foreign minister says the country is ready to compromise to resolve the issue of Kosovo.
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